Green Chickasaw Plums starting to turn red. Chickasaw plum grows 12 to 20 feet tall and 15 to 20 feet wide in an irregular shape. It is "twiggy" in nature, and has a scaly, almost black bark. Its branches are reddish with a thorn-like, small side branches. In February, March, April and May, small white flowers blossom, 8–9 mm wide, along with red plums, up to 25 mm long. The flowers have five white petals with reddish or orange anthers. The plums are cherry-like and tend to be quite tart until they fully ripen. They ripen in late summer. It requires low to medium amounts of water to grow, and dry, sandy or loose soil. It grows best in areas with regular sunlight or areas of partial shade. It was originally cultivated by Native Americans before the arrival of European

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Spring Farm Festival

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DESCRIPTION: Dun-Pikin Farm will be bringing some farm critters to visit the Hancock’s Resolution Spring Farm Festival. The Dun-Pikin Critters are some of the friendliest and most curious critters you will ever meet. Visitors will have the opportunity to get up close and personal with the likes of such farm critters as pig, goat, rabbit, chicken and perhaps some others depending on what is roaming around the farmyard at the time. If nature cooperates we hope to have some baby critters in the menagerie. Be a farm kid for the day! Join the fun!

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“Mother’s Day Tea and Gingerbread” outdoors (weather permitting): Spring scents in the country air, at Historic Hancock’s Resolution, 2795 Bayside Beach Road, Pasadena, MD. The setting is beautiful near the heirloom gardens and farmhouse; From 1:00 – 4:00 or until the Tea and Gingerbread are gone. The Joyce Martinek HERB SALE has also been rescheduled for this date.

2018 Event

Mother’s Day Tea and Gingerbread

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Sit and enjoy tea, gingerbread, and lavender cookies by the garden

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May 13, 2018

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Listen to music played on an harmonium

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Park opens at 1 pm - tea and gingerbread will be available until 4 pm or when it is gone

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Naval Historian Kim Nielsen will be at Hancock’s Resolution to explain all about Capt. Smith’s two perilous voyages up to the head of the Bay from Jamestown to try to find the fabled “Northwest Passage”. .

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Remembering Captain John Smith visiting the Magothy River, Bodkin Creek and the Patapsco River in 1608

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Naval Historian Kim Nielsen will be at Hancock’s Resolution to explain all about Capt. John Smith’s two perilous voyages up to the head of the Bay from Jamestown to try to find the fabled “Northwest Passage”.

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One of the important things to remember about a farm is that there is always something to repair. This year as we reopen you may notice the new driveway. The roof has been repaired. There is a reforestation area started. The lavender that survived has been replanted and new plants have been added.

June 3; July 15; July 22; July 29; August 5; August 12; August 26; September 2: Park open for touring - no special program.